The move streamlines the potential path to freedom for the brothers who have served more than 35 years in prison since being sentenced for killing their parents with shotguns in 1989.

If the Menendez brothers are set free, they may choose to go back to their hometown of Beverly Hills, CA, where their family home and site of their parents' murder is located; however, they will not have the immediate option of returning to their dwelling, which has changed hands several times since they were convicted.